Gloppen

/ˈɡlɑpən/ verb

Definition

To move with a thick, messy, sticky motion; or an archaic/dialectal word of unclear meaning in modern English.

Etymology

Possibly related to 'glop' with a verbal suffix, or a variant of older English terms, but it's extremely rare and may be dialectal or obsolete.

Kelly Says

Finding words like 'gloppen' in the margins of old texts reminds us that language is constantly dying—words vanish when speakers stop using them, and we can only guess at their meanings.

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ግሎፕፔን
glo-p-pen
ARالعربية
جلوببن
jalo-bbin
BNবাংলা
গ্লোপ্পেন
glo-ppen
CACatalà
gloppen
glop-pen
CSČeština
gloppen
glop-pen
DADansk
gloppen
glop-pen
DEDeutsch
Gloppen
glop-pen
ELΕλληνικά
γλοππεν
glop-pen
ESEspañol
gloppen
glop-pen
FAفارسی
گلپن
gol-pen
FISuomi
gloppen
glop-pen
FRFrançais
gloppen
glo-pen
GUGU
ગલોપ્પેન
galo-p-pen
HAHA
glopnen
glop-nen
HEעברית
גלפן
gal-pen
HIहिन्दी
ग्लोपेन
glo-pen
HUMagyar
gloppen
glop-pen
IDBahasa Indonesia
gloppen
glop-pen
IGIG
glopnen
glop-nen
ITItaliano
gloppen
glop-pen
JA日本語
グロッペン
guro-ppen
KKKK
гөлппен
go-l-pen
KMKM
គ្លូប្ប
k-glo-p-b
KO한국어
글로펜
geul-o-pen
MRMR
ग्लोपेन
glo-pen
MSBahasa Melayu
gloppen
glop-pen
MYမြန်မာ
ဂလိုပပေ
ga-lo-pa-pe
NLNederlands
gloppen
glop-pen
NONorsk
gloppen
glop-pen
PAPA
ਗਲੋਪਨ
galo-pen
PLPolski
gloppen
glop-pen
PTPortuguês
gloppen
glop-pen
RORomână
gloppen
glop-pen
RUРусский
глоппен
glop-pen
SVSvenska
gloppen
glop-pen
SWKiswahili
gloppen
glop-pen
TAதமிழ்
குளோப்பென்
ku-lo-p-pen
TEతెలుగు
గలోప్పెన్
galo-p-pen
THไทย
กลอปเพน
glo-p-pen
TLTL
gloppen
glop-pen
TRTürkçe
gloppen
glop-pen
UKУкраїнська
глоппен
glop-pen
URاردو
گلپن
gul-pen
VITiếng Việt
gloppen
glop-pen
YOYO
glopnen
glop-nen
ZH中文
格洛ppen
gé luò ppen
ZUZU
glopnen
glop-nen

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